Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2023 Congressional Papers Section (CPS) election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Chair (two-year term),
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (three-year term), and
Two Steering Committee members (two-year terms).
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!...
Thank you to all of our wonderful candidates for volunteering to run for open SAA Collection Management Section positions.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (or Co-chair), for a two-year term
Two Steering Committee members, for a two-year term.
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Candidate (1 position)
Alexis PeregoyDirector of the Coit Museum of Pharmacy and Health...
In 2023, the SAA Lone Arrangers Section (LAS) will elect new leadership to fill the following positions: Vice Chair/Chair, Newsletter Editor, and Regional Representative.
Meet the 2023 Candidates:
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
Hilary Swett
Archivist, Writers Guild Foundation
Bio: I am a solo archivist at the Writers Guild Foundation, a non-profit entertainment special collections library and archive in Los Angeles. Like all of us in small shops, I wear many hats and juggle shifting priorities and...
Mark your calendars! The LAS Annual Meeting will be on Monday, June 12th from 1-2:30 PM Pacific / 2-3:30 PM Mountain/ 3-4:30 PM Central/ 4-5:30 PM Eastern.
During the meeting, we will introduce important updates, initiatives, and future plans from our Steering Committee. We will also be welcoming Christina Zamon, Head of Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University and author of the soon-to-be-released book, Alone in the Stacks. In celebration of our 20th anniversary as a group...
Steering Committee Roster
Please find the 2023 IAAS election slate of candidates below:
Junior Co-Chair (2-year term):
Karen Trivette
Head of Special Collection and College Archives, Gladys Marcus Library,
Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York
Candidate Statement: I wish to express my sincere interest to serve the SAA International Archival Affairs Section (IAAS) as Junior Co-Chair. Since becoming a professional archivist, I have taken on leadership roles within my...
The Archivists and Archives of Color Section Steering Committee is excited to announce the excellent slate of candidates running in this year’s election. Please review their bios and statements before casting your votes.
You will be voting for:
1 Co-chair (2-year term)
1 Newsletter Editor (2-year term)
SAA staff administer ballots through Survey Monkey and will email you the ballot when voting opens.
Co-chair
Kimberly Villafuerte BarzolaDigital Archiving Educator, LGBTQ Religious Archives...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2023 Encoded Archival Standards (EAS) Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One co-chair, for a two-year term, serving in year one as junior co-chair and in year two as senior co-chair; and
Two Steering Committee members, for a two-year term.
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an...
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, for a three-year term; and
Three Steering Committee members (two-year terms).
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Candidates
The following candidates are running for the Vice Chair/Chair-Elect position:
Elizabeth Russell
Providence Archives, Seattle
Biographical Statement
I am currently Senior...
Register now via Webex to attend the 2023 Privacy and Confidentiality Section Meeting on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, from 11:00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m., CT.
Following a brief business meeting, we will host an informal, unrecorded open discussion about privacy and confidentiality in archives. We will use Padlet to guide the discussion. An anonymous posting option will be available.
Potential discussion topics could include, but are not limited to:
Reappraisal based on P&C...
Are you passionate about preservation and excited to share skills and knowledge with your colleagues? Would you like to get more involved with SAA and expand your leadership experience? Maybe it's time to help lead the Preservation Section!
We are seeking candidates for two positions:
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect
Member-At-Large
If you are interested in nominating yourself, or would like to nominate someone else, please send the name and a 4 or 5 sentence statement of interest/professional bio...
The Native American Archives Section is seeking nominations for our 2023-2024 Steering Committee positions!
The Society of American Archivists (SAA) Native American Archives Section (NAAS) is seeking nominations for (1) Vice Chair/Chair-Elect and three (3) Steering Committee members. Anyone is welcome to apply, including students and early-career archivists. If you work with Native American archival materials, or are interested in learning more about the Protocols for Native American Archival...
New V1.2 of the SAA Research and Innovation Roadmap -- an active and evolving document, developed by the SAA Committee on Research, Data and Assessment, and asserts the critical research needs and gaps that have been identified by members across the profession. The roadmap reflects an analysis of current and emerging research, assessment, and data needs, to frame and inform work the profession might undertake in the years to come.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BIFuSyKWOoPPNLHFiEwvRH9pC-...
Would you like to get more involved with SAA and expand your leadership experience? Maybe it's time to help lead the Preservation Section!
We are seeking candidates for two positions:
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect
Member-At-Large
If you are interested in nominating yourself, or would like to nominate someone else, please send the name and a 4 or 5 sentence statement of interest/professional bio to Kim Hoffman (khoffman@hamilton.edu) by Monday, May 22nd.
The work: Section projects include...
This year we have multiple open spots on our section's leadership team:
Vice-Chair (1)
Steering committee members (up to 2)
Please submit nominations for these positions via email to the AES Chair, Jesse Johnston (jajohnst@umich.edu). Please submit any nominatsion by May 25, so our slate of candidates may be posted on May 26.
List of Positions
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect (2-year commitment, 1 year as Vice-Chair and 1 year as Chair): Serves as Vice-Chair from the conclusion of the 2023 annual...
The Performing Arts Section (PAS) is inviting nominations for the Co-Chairs and three Steering Committee Member positions.
Serving in a leadership role on the Section is a wonderful way to become more involved with PAS and SAA and get to know other archivists.
Members of SAA and PAS are encouraged to apply for a position as an officer or member of the Steering Committee. Membership in both SAA and PAS is a condition of the nomination. The term for each office is two years, beginning in...
The Performing Arts Section (PAS) is inviting nominations for both the Co-Chair and three Steering Committee Member positions.
Serving in a leadership role on the Section is a wonderful way to become more involved with PAS and SAA and get to know other archivists.
Members of SAA and PAS are encouraged to apply for a position as an officer or member of the Steering Committee. Membership in both SAA and PAS is a condition of the nomination. The term for each office is two years, beginning in...
Help shape the future of the Society of American Archivists' Metadata and Digital Object Section (MDOS) by joining the Steering Committee!
Service on the MDOS Steering Committee is a manageable time commitment that offers you valuable experience as you contribute to our profession. You can help foster discussion, education, and collaboration among archivists interested in digitization, digital archival objects, and the metadata that enables their access, management, and preservation. This...
Do you have an interest in developing the solo archivist community, or know someone who would be an excellent leader? The Lone Arrangers Section calls on our membership for candidates to join our 2023–2025 leadership team! Email the LAS Chair and Vice-Chair to nominate yourself, a friend, or a colleague. The deadline for nominations in the 2023 election is 11:59 PM PST on Friday, May 26th.
We are looking for candidate nominations for the following positions:
The Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (2-...
Did you miss the LAS "UnBOXed" events on April 20 or April 27? Recordings are available below! These include section updates as well as presentations from Kristin Morris (Computer History Museum) and Cali Vance (The Bush School) on aspects of managing Oral History work.
Part 1 UnBOXed: Oral History Projects for Solo Archivists
Kristin Morris, SAA Oral History Section Steering Committee Member and Cisco Archivist at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, has spent 20 years as a...
Are you passionate about preservation and excited to share skills and knowledge with your colleagues? Would you like to get more involved with SAA and expand your leadership experience? Maybe it's time to help lead the Preservation Section!
We are seeking candidates for two positions:
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect
Member-At-Large
If you are interested in nominating yourself, or would like to nominate someone else, please send the name and a 4 or 5 sentence statement of interest/professional...
The Military Archives Section WANTS YOU to join the Steering Committee (apologies to Uncle Sam)! With a minimal monthly time commitment, you can develop your leadership skills and enhance your professional network of fellow archivists. The only requirement is that you are a member of SAA.
Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague for one of these positions:
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect (2 year commitment, as Vice-Chair and Chair): Serves as acting chair in the absence of the chair...
You can make an impact by joining SAA's Accessioning, Acquisitions, and Appraisal (AA&A) Section by nominating yourself or recommending others for a leadership position on the AA&A Section Steering Committee.
We are seeking individuals for the following three positions:
(1) Vice Chair/Chair Elect (3-year commitment as Vice Chair, Chair, and Immediate Past Chair)
(2) At-Large Members (2-year commitment)
Steering committee members spend an average of a few hours per month working on...
The Collection Management Section spring webinar on "Digital Records and Collection Management" was held on April 10th, 2023. If you missed the live presentation and would like to watch, you may request streaming access to the recording by emailing the section chair (2022-23) Rita Johnston, at ritajohnston@miami.edu.
Lara Friedman-Shedlov is the Digital Records Archivist for the Archives and Special Collections Department of the University of Minnesota Libraries. They will describe how they...
This spring the Lone Arranger Section is excited to host a two-part series on oral history for solo archivists! Be sure to register for both presentations!
Part 1
UnBOXed: Oral History Projects for Solo Archivists
Kristin Morris, SAA Oral History Section Steering Committee Member and Cisco Archivist at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, has spent 20 years as a curator and collections manager in local history museums. Kristin will present on her experience getting oral history...
International Archival Affairs Section (IAAS) of the Society of American Archivists presents our April Archival Landscapes Seminar
Kenya – Presented by Dr. Cleophas Ambira, ICA Africa Programme
Thursday 13 April 2023, 9am Eastern
Register in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsf-GupjkjGtHTfnY1yb4eXSPcSLhqBfFi
Dr. Ambira is the current Coordinator for the ICA Africa Programme and the chairman of Kenya Association of Records Managers and Archivists (KARMA). Dr. Ambira is a...
